Announcing NashFilm’s 2022 Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalists!

The Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition is excited to announce the 2022 Quarterfinalists. The overall quality of the scripts this season was outstanding, but this diverse group of writers rose to the top making us laugh, cry, and sleep with the lights on. Congratulations to all involved!

30 Minute Pilot Quarterfinalists:

  • 35 Bleak St. by Taylor Steele
  • Absolute Dinner by Nic Turner
  • America’s Next Top Spies! by Elizabeth Shew
  • Awful Exes by Victor C Dean
  • Baby Gay by Keyanna Khatiblou
  • Be Bold! by Ruby Mainieri
  • Braindead by Valerie Bodurtha
  • Cop Raptor by Gustave Cadet + Jacob Chattman
  • Crips by Brian Koukol
  • Cupid Stunt by Jack Fossett
  • Get A Job! by Rosalind Grush
  • House Of Chen by Tianwei Wang
  • Jonesy, The Sitcom by Caledonia Hanson
  • Long Island GirlsRed White & Blueballs by Ellen Ancui
  • Mcscruff P.i. by Caleb Barge
  • Miss Demeanor by Ruby Mainieri
  • Old Habits by Brittani Harris
  • Otherworld, NJ by Matthew Mclachlan
  • Plug by Summer Chastant
  • Road Work Ahead by Eric Wilson
  • Rottenburgerfield by Myles Hewette
  • Rummy by Gracie Marcellus
  • The Broken Kingdom by Mark Renshaw
  • The Gayest Town In North Dakota by Tyler Geditz
  • Views by Aadrise Johnson
  • Visit Sludgeberg! by Maureen Monahan
  • Goblin Girl by Sadie Rae

60 Minute Pilot Quarterfinalists:

  • Back Fires by Alex Blumberg
  • Carpenterland by Heidi-Marie Ferren
  • Collapse by Ekaterina Rusalina + Merlin Camozzi
  • Dead Club by Persia White
  • Eat Me by Leslie Thomas
  • Fashion School by Kasia Smetham
  • Fighter Mafia by Marco Santiago
  • Good Hart by Micah Barber + Tony Faia
  • Harpoon by Ria Tobaccowala
  • Ivory by Stephen Hoover
  • League Of Merry Men by Chris Karter
  • Mayday by Haley White
  • Murder Show by Rosalind Grush
  • Only In North Haven by Olivia Reed
  • Protection Agency by Mark Marinaccio
  • Quiet The Echoes by Christian Nilsson
  • Redhill by Eevin Hartsough
  • Restraint by Stephen Hoover
  • Rustic by Arlene Bogna
  • Saint Mephistopheles Hospital by Lily Cheng
  • Slush by Tyler Burke
  • Snake Hollow by T.A. Snyder
  • Sorcerers Of Suburbia by Geoffrey Prather
  • Tahoe ’68 by Laura E Good + Linda E Good
  • The Academy by Brit Cowan
  • The Curious Misery Of Eve by Gabrielle Gorman
  • The Drome by Hunter Davis
  • The Industrialist by Vikas Bandhu
  • The Jackrabbit by Mike Swift
  • The Marked by Scott Hawthorne + Jim Goode
  • The Paisley Witch Trial by Julia Campanelli
  • The Panhandle by Matt Lowerre
  • The Private Sector by Benjamin King
  • The Saint by Kenya Collins
  • The Twin Portraits by Eva Everett Irving
  • The Upstairs Lounge by Gregory Vines
  • Westward Sunrise by Rob Carieri
  • Wilderness by Michael Greenwald
  • Worlds Apart by Thomas Gaunt

Comedy Feature Quarterfinalists:

  • 93% Chance Of Happiness by Jeff Bower
  • A Cradle Or The Grave by Robby J Morgan
  • A Most Exclusive Event by Clayton Jordan
  • Bad Romance by Chad Wellinger
  • Christmastime In Christmastown by Ilene Fischer
  • Clean by Jason Laurits
  • Crispy by Dawson Roebig
  • Death Death by Marissa Ruben
  • Elektra by Roxy Mitchell
  • Friend Zone by Omar Willis
  • Gif Corp by Ryan Schorman
  • It’s Over by Emily Bernard
  • Jingle King by Nick Matthews
  • Little Merman by Kris Fried
  • Nothing Nefarious by Jonathan Fox
  • Poser by Michael Ronca
  • Straight Up, Now Tell Me… by Nyle Cavazos Garcia
  • Tesstosterone by Erin Elizabeth Keefer
  • The Marlboro Men by T. Camponeschi
  • The Play by Josh Mann

Drama Feature Quarterfinalists:

  • 4-19-95 by Matt Skuta
  • 600 Steps by Sylvia-Anne Parker
  • A Closed Trial by Daniel Taylor
  • Amy And Angel by Julia Verdin + Deedee Benkovich
  • Bluebird Sky by Brian Weakland
  • Bob Trevino Likes It by Tracie Laymon
  • Brave Woman by Melissa Duge Spiers + Rodney Rondeaux
  • Dryland by Jennifer D’angelo Kircher + Nancy Stearns Bercaw
  • Entanglement by Carlos Jamal Dorsey
  • Faircloud Memorial: A High School Noir by Matt Skuta
  • Fate by Masoud Shahidi
  • Father Time by Torthell Robinson
  • From Mud by Dave Pilson + Neil Holland
  • Girl Boxer Feature by Lauren McCann
  • Incarnations by Albert M. Chan
  • Kissed By An Elephant by Christina Macaulay
  • Lockdown Generation by Joel Mcelvaney
  • Main Drag by Ryan Thorsen
  • Major Hacker’s War by Steve Blame
  • Make Believe by Brit Cowan
  • One Night In Tombstone by Toni-Ann Lagana
  • One Shot by Harry Ricky Dieudonne
  • Rosie by Charlie Frazier + Chris Frazier
  • Seraphim’s Miracle by JB Storey
  • Takedown by Mark Cooper
  • That Triflin’ S.o.b. Cartwright Jenkins by Christine Burright
  • The Desert Shrine by V.R. Marianne Zahn
  • The Greats by Amanda Chandler
  • The Guns At Cowra by Vir Srinivas
  • The Life We Chose by Guilherme Viegas
  • The Longest Goodbye by Aaron Braxton
  • The Odd Son by Nigel Tyrone Simms
  • The Passage Of Sun by Aaron Braxton
  • The Redneck & the Closer by Daret Dickens
  • The Rommel Gambit by John Doble
  • The Summer We Ran by Bill Taylor
  • Through The Wall by Daryn Castle
  • An Ideal Wife by Sarah Knight
  • For Helen by Emily Lerer
  • Magical Things by Mckinnon Powell
  • Meinfield by Chuck Driskell
  • The Devil And Dick by Gregory Sean Slater
  • The Passion Of Pauli Murray by Sean Slater

Genre Feature Quarterfinalists:

  • Bloodlines: The Mogadishu Diaries 1992-1993 by Eddie Clay Thompkins III
  • CC-909 by Johnny Gilligan
  • Dragons Of The Gloaming by Joel Mcelvaney
  • Eyelashes by Kelly Palmer
  • Guardians Of The Crown by Gregg Guest
  • Honey’s Unicorn by D. A. Jolivette
  • Like Father Like Son by Barry Jay
  • Nature Preserve by Ben Pavitt
  • On A Field Of Legends by Nick Julius
  • Saint Dorothea by Chris King
  • Samurai West by Carlos Gabriel Ruiz
  • Starhope by Abdulrahman Ugas
  • Subduction by Garrett Rowe + Joe Varkle
  • Surfing Grandpa by George Petersen
  • The First Daughter by Abdulrahman Ugas
  • The Janitor by Woting Cai
  • The New Road by Michael Raymond
  • The Night Watchman by Thomas Gaunt
  • Time Zero by Carlo & Erin Carere
  • Valley Of The Shadow by Logan Shaw

Horror Feature Quarterfinalists:

  • Beast Of Virginia by Matthew Corley
  • Broken Vessels by Andrew Adams
  • Cuffing Season by Jon Bershad
  • Daughters Of The Moon (First Phase) by Patrick Mediate + Aaron McLane
  • Gourd by Marcus Lux
  • Exterminator by Alexander Julian
  • Fright by Byron Miller, Shelly Smith, Paul Morgan
  • Hoel by David Mcguire
  • Mars One by Andrew Henderson
  • Noctua by Andrew M. Henderson
  • Our Lady Of Justice by David Daniels
  • Snake Hollow by T.A. Snyder
  • Primordial by Andrew M. Henderson
  • Scatterbrains by Richard Hohenrath
  • The Devil’s Butcher Shop by Matt O’Reilly

Short Quarterfinalists:

  • 40 Days by João Ruela Branco
  • Angel’s Landing by Fv Everleigh
  • Dear Island by Don Donahue
  • Ebony by Isaiah Dennis
  • El Vals (The Waltz) by Alycya Magana
  • Fungi by Mark Renshaw
  • Guns Down by Robert Sweeting + Rob Alicea
  • Knead by Otito Gregobi
  • La Sierra by Armando Gonzalez
  • Milly & Milo by Douglas Spaltro
  • Pancake Skank by Sav Rodgers
  • Passengers by David-Matthew Barnes
  • Pros & Cons by Olivia Pearson
  • Telethon: The Quest To Save Grease 2’s Reputation by Sav Rodgers
  • The Last Good Day by Mahalia Latortue
  • Therapy Session by Justen Leatherwood
  • Time To Shine by Mark Renshaw
  • Underwatch by Jaden Duenas
  • Vain by Lucas Lefkowitz
  • Ya Ghalbi by Yasmeen Albrahim
  • September 13, 2004 by Derrick Benton
  • /haaw/ by Joey Scoma
  • Baby Fever by Hannah May Cumming + Alex Hartwig
  • CA Hwy 33 by Chris Calzia
  • Cait & The Corpse by J. Logan Alexander + Elissa Nechamkin
  • Call Me Nevada by Alexander Julian III
  • Candybyte by Diana Foronda
  • Divine Comedy by Harrison Gale
  • Genre Flick by Thom Hilton
  • Gloves by Michael Clifton
  • Health Center by Arezoo Khanjani
  • House Of Wolves by Andrew Yeremeyev
  • Leopard by Dan Abramovici
  • Marieta by Cassie C. Phillips
  • Motel Room Sixteen by Aron Cagan
  • Our Sins by Anjini Taneja Azhar
  • Ražan by Mahsa Alinaghian + Hamid Salimi
  • Smoke Signals by Tiffany Abreu
  • The Baobab Tree by Danielle Browne
  • The Cheetah by Mohammad Pourriahi
  • Vinyl Taped Mary Jane by Angel Hilson

Tennessee Writer Quarterfinalists:

  • Blue Collar Pink by Sam Flynn
  • Blueprints by Ethan Palm
  • Border Saints by Linda Dillon Moya
  • Cherry Park by Joseph Hooten
  • Cutting Edge by Hannah Wacholtz
  • Distance And Silence by Ben Parsons
  • Dog Duty by Mark Casadei + Anna Casadei
  • Family Is Familia by Sara K De La Haya
  • Floridamen by Nate Eppler
  • Funny How by Sarah Zanotti + Kd Amond
  • Happily by Beecher Reuning
  • How To Train A Man by Jeffery Chase
  • Match by Frederick Jerome Taylor
  • Mcnairy Medical by Lindsey Brandon
  • Northern Lights by Kim Wuan
  • Open Guard by Nicole Weaver
  • Queer And Southern God by Melisse Prusinski + Shawn-Caulin Young
  • Render Unto Caesar by Troy Crawford
  • Roadkill by Harrison Hamm
  • Rupture by Sally Pitts
  • The Adventures Of Sock Man And The Lost World by Melissa Sheridan
  • The Benefactor by Mark Casadei + Anna Casadei
  • The Portal Home by Bryan Kelsey
  • The Unraveling by Sarah Zanotti + Kd Amond
  • Youngbloods by Stacey Russell
  • Problem Cases by Briana Cox
  • This Ride by Aaron Steinberg